Apropos of nothing at all, I was idling through the hundreds of poems I've written and stowed away unread over these many years when I came across this one. At age 63 I'd suffered a sudden, exquisite pain in the abdomen region and had, for the first time in my life, to be rushed into a Winchester hospital.

The 'she who had no need to care' was the young doctor who spotted yellowing of face and promoted me in the queue to emergency status. This was for her ...

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Bryan Islip

It is with much sadness to report that our much loved Bryan Islip passed away before Christmas 2016. This blog will remain active until later in 2017 - we hope you'll enjoy Bryan's musings and smile....